A J BROWN – CHAIR, TRENDS & VISION COMMITTEE, TI BOARD

Professor of Public Policy & Law, Griffith University, Australia7th ICAC Symposium: Fighting Corruption – A New Perspective, Hong Kong, 22-24 May 2019

CORRUPTION & POLITICAL RIGHTS

STRATEGY 2015-2020

Business Integrity & Legal Training

Youth-led and Community-led Projects

27 October 2017

CORRUPTION IN 2030 ?

“The abuse of entrusted power for private gain” … “or political gain”

Grand corruption

Petty corruption

Political corruption

Corruption risk(prevention)

MAJOR CHALLENGES FOR CORRUPTION CONTROL

• Technological liberalisation & (non)(over)regulation

• Quality of government (political integrity)

• Enforcement environment & commitment

CONTEXT: ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION

GLOBAL ECONOMIC COORDINATION, STABILITY, REFORM(INCLUDING ANTI-CORRUPTION FACTORS)

WEALTH RISING (ESPECIALLY IN ASIA-PACIFIC)BUT SO IS INEQUALITY WORLDWIDE …

“CASH IS KING” versus “PROBITY CULTURE”

1) TECHNOLOGICAL LIBERALISATION

• Financial technology, and role of information technology in economic liberalisation generally – esp. speed and anonymity

Curse for corruption control?Cures ???

• New concentrations of (under-regulated) corporate powerTechnology companies (information platforms)Social effects of the next ‘wave’ of automationArtificial intelligence - “algocracy”

• Long-term impacts of information technology on:Political participation ✔Political knowledge ?Political information and discourse XPolitical rights (pendulum swinging back) ?

18 April 2019

18 March 2019

22 May 2019

18 April 2019

Wed, 22 May 2019

2) QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT (POLITICAL INTEGRITY)

AUSTRIA

14 May 2019

3) ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT &COMMITMENT TO CHECKS AND BALANCES

THEORY OF CHANGE

Public mobilisation for an independent judiciary(Poland, June 2018)

Public mobilisationfor an independent

anti-corruption agency (Indonesia, June 2017)

ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCYIMPACT NETWORK (PROPOSED)

CHECKS & BALANCES – THE CURRENT (13 YEAR) TRENDSFREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2019 (FREEDOM HOUSE)

HOW WILL WE SUCCEED (!) BY 2030 ???

• Political integrity paramountLaw & regulatory reform; implementation

• Increased, speedier international enforcement actionAll enforcement agencies… PLUS?

• Education, shared values, and social mobilisationAll institutions including (willing) business

• Deeper collaboration between enforcement agencies, media, and CSOs, for all purposes:

Regulatory reform; detection of corruption; education and prevention; political support for integrity agencies.